AverageJoeFishing

The only reason i wrote this article was to prove that hooks don't disolve its just a myth, wether u wanna keep the fish or let it spoil is up to you... we all have different opinions on this subject but my main focus was to prove and say that hooks don't disolve, it's just a bunch of bull crap !

There's a difference between installing metal pins in a human leg and a Hook stuck in a fishs throat lol Lets see if you survive if I hook you in the throat and cut the line haha

Its just a myth i've seen it with my own eyes and i've read it in the ontario outdoor issue of myth or fact ? they said it was a myth that a hook dosen't disolve in a fishs body

That is a great hint on giving the fish a better chance instead of cutting the line That is what i'm mad about , fishing shows shouldn't promote cutting the line and leaving the entire lure or jig there ?

Like i said Im not one to argue But if it would happend a second time well then i'm doing something wrong... It never happend to me once in my life I dont think it will ever happend the way i fish but i just wanna say that they shouldn't say that the hook will disovle when it clearly dosen't... I dont wanna argue with anyone i just wanna tell the truth i'm not a liar and just want fisherman to know my opinion if u dont like my opinion that's fine everyone have different views on things the world would be boring if everyone would think the same... and is it against the law to waste a gamefish I think about the law in that favor not in the other way... I trully beleive in releasing slot size fish and always will release them unless they die Sorry this is how I feel I'm not gonna waste a fish that is not how my mind thinks I have trouble throwing a piece of meat in the garbage i won't be able to leave a fish there floating I know lots of you won't agree with me i can trully understand but this main point of this topic was to prove that hooks don't rott out it's just not true fisherman need to stop beleive that they will thats the only thing i want people to know

But they on most shows the fish is legal?? If it's legal why put it through this kind of suffering??

I know exactly what your saying but seagulls I feed them my chips when im on the lake lol Like i said in other reply's I've never kept one illegally before but If i Kill a fish its my fault and i would feel bad leaving it to float there , it's my doing Legal or not I would feel wrong leaving it there and to my mind it's considered as wasting and wasting in my mind is wrong in any way ... If it feels wrong Sorry but I can't do it that fish is coming with me and i'll be happy to know that it's been carefully cared for and not wasted... My mind would be at ease I'm always pissed when fisherman around here talk about how they caught over there limit of fish and kept everything and kept lots in the slot I'm against that tottally and always will be i hate fisherman who do that I always release slots and sometimes i go fishing and don't even bring back a fish, I only catch and release on some days I only keep some for the dinner table from time to time... I even release the big ones over the slot that are "LEGAL" lots of friends that come with me get pissed off at me because i release big fish , but i think about the future if i kill this fish this fish might be carrying thousands of eggs and i'lll be killing thousands of fish!! I don't wanna argue with anyone this is just my opinion you guys do what you want , I just beleive it's wrong to leave your own fish floating there sorry its just how i feel ...

Hey i love the slot size and really beleive in it and I've never kept one before but if it's gonna die sorry but I killed it I'm taking full responsibility for the fish, If i get charged or not. It's not like I would have 50 fish 20 of them in the slot I would only have one fish... I would bring it to court no problem, Sorry but my fish is not going to seagulls !

It never happend to me but the thought of fishing shows promoting this kind of behavior is awfull...

Do you know that it's against the Law to waste a gamefish also?? So it can be quite the argument !! So if your fish dies you can be charged !

This is my opinion and sorry i'm not making a fish suffer ... They don't disovle it's just the facts, and for slot size fish and out of season fish well it's your call if you wanna keep it or not. One tip of advice is don't wait hours to set the hook !!! And i'm far from a poacher but if i catch a slot size walleye and it will die i'm sorry but i'm gonna keep it! I've told it to the M.N.R's on my region that I will ... It never happend yet hope it dosent happend but if it does , it's not gonna go to waste for seagulls !

Yes i know the hooks in the stomach the fisherman probably didn't know thats not why i brought up that , my point is that they don't disolve.. It's bull! I've read it in this summer's issue of ontario of outdoors and i've seen it with my own eyes that they don't. If they do it takes a awfull long time for them to disovle !

The fish dosen't have a chance if the hook is logged in his throat or stomach? Would u survive if you would have a hook logged in your throat?

I've seen this for the last time on a fishing show! It's really starting to irritate me... I was watching a fishing show the other day , won't mention the name of the show but they caught a Largemouth Bass and the lure was logged in the fishs mouth... They said we are gonna cut the line and the hook will rott out. That is what I can say pure bull ! Just this year I have two times where I can prove that this is not true !! One of those times is I caught a 15" walleye and kept it as a eater, when I cleaned it I noticed something weird in his belly so I opened him up. What did I see was two 1/4oz jigs in his stomach!! The bait that was on the jigs where long gone nothing was in the stomach except those jigs, I'm surprised it didn't puncture his stomach but after a while I'm sure it would have. The worst part is that the jigs still looked like brand new with no corrosion at all! Who knows how long they have been in there! One more example is that I went fishing with one of my buddy's on a saturday and he got his line cut off at one time, we didn't think anything of it. The next saturday , exactly 7 days later I returned to the exact spot and was I was fishing for walleye and I caught one about 16" long. When I got the fish in the boat I noticed something logged in his throat ? I looked it at it closely and it was the jig my friend lost the weekend before !! It was hooked right in the throat and I know it was my friends jig from a week before because I gave him that jig to fish with , so I remembered the size and the color. I decided to remove it and it still looked like brand new no sign of corrosion at all and we're talking about a week later??? Obviously this walleye would of died it couldn't eat , it had a jig in it's throat! If ever you have a fish with a hook logged deep inside him and you want to cut the line and release it, my tip of advice is don't leave the hook in him! If you can't remove the hook safely just keep the fish and have yourself a snack! There's nothing wrong with keeping some fish for eating, even if your a catch and release guy and you never keep fish or just hate to eat fish. Find someone who loves to eat fish like a relative or a friend, someone would enjoy eating fresh fish I know I would!! Don't let your fish suffer with a hook logged in him , would you like to have a hook logged in your throat ? I know I wouldn't !! It's awesome to catch and release but don't make your fish suffer !

Sheepheads are awesome ! They fight like theres no tomorow ! Great catch !! hope we know who u are soon

Hope your wife is gonna be ok LT. Hang in there, support her in anyway you can Doctors can do miracles now

Walleye is one of the most unpredictable fish there is... You never know what these fish will do? One day they can be in 6 foot of water with weeds, the next day the can be in 40 feet of water on deep drop offs. You gotta try everything and i mean everything to catch walleye !

Always fun to catch a great number of eyes ! Congrats!

Looks like a good perch lake! I need to find a awesome perch lake around here... I'm trying to find some good ones for winter fishing in the last couple of years but "perch lakes" like i mean nice perch are hard to find around here !

It's always fun to catch a bonus fish that your not expecting to even see! Congratulations on the nice laker !

Kool fish... Very rare! I'd love to catch that myself and take a nice picture too ! lol

Awesome man I really enjoy seeing our white beauties

I'll tell you with my experiences what is the best lure for pike and/or walleye ... Of course my advice you can't base it on what your gonna experience because every lake is different and every day is different i'm not in your boat to tell you what to do... But if you like trolling for Walleye and pike i'd go with the cotton cordell Ripplin redfin ! I've basicly caught all species of fish on this lure and has never let me down. For pike it's my number 1 bait for numbers. I've caught tons of fish with this. If you like jigging just use a 1/4oz to 3/8 oz roundhead jig with a small 2" or so minnow ( dace if possible ) for walleye and you can catch the odd pike with it too But when using a jig i would tie it directly to the line with no leader or swivel its the best way with about 8 lbs test line on a spinning outfit if u catch the odd pike u could get broken off the odd time but i still caught a 35" pike using this method of fishing for walleye tho actually lol And for the ripplin redfin if your gonna cast or troll use a 20lbs braid for a spinning reel or about a 50lbs braid with a baitcaster and use a Flurocarbon leader made out of leader material not line!!!! make sure its leader material!!! HAPPY FISHING!

" Randy from sturgeon " was talking about OFC and insisted i Join I came to check it out and joined about 1 month ago . There is no regrets what so ever, i love it everytime i log in, there is so much information from different fisherman and the people are friendly. I especially love the chat, there is so much variety of fish species and lots of different ways people fish and the chat let's other fisherman talk about their experiences and tips about every different kind of fishing!! Thanks for letting me in ! I'll be sticking around for sure

HAHA that's what I thought my slip and fall was gonna get posted haha my knee hurts like crazy today... I'm limping lol I'll be fine , nothing a good day of fishing won't cure and randy you should call IGFA and see if that bass would break the current 8lbs line class record it was huge it didn't even fit in the net haha P.S. Don't fall out of the boat when the boat and trailer is on concrete lol Glad I drink lots of milk so I didn't break any bones! haha